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1	The Albigensian Crusade more books like this by Jonathan Sumption Languedoc is among the most varied and beautiful parts of France, but eight centuries ago it was far from certain that it would become part of France at all. The rich, semi-independent principality on the Mediterranean, ruled by the house of Toulouse, seemed far apart from the world of the feudal north. It was here that a persuasive heresy of ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
2	The Hundred Years War, Volume 1 more books like this by Jonathan Sumption What history records as the Hundred Years War was in fact a succession of destructive conflicts, separated by tense intervals of truce and dishonest and impermanent peace treaties, and one of the central events in the history of England and France. It laid the foundations of France's national consciousness, even while destroying the prosperity and ... see all copies from $18.60! new only from $36.38! \| SVS
3	Pilgrimage: An Image of Mediaeval Religion more books like this by Jonathan Sumption see all copies from $5.00! first editions
4	The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God more books like this by Jonathan Sumption We are apt to forget how much people traveled in the Middle Ages. Not only merchants, friars, soldiers and official messengers, but crowds of pilgrims were a familiar sight on the roads of Western Europe. In this engaging work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $15.86! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Trial by fire. Vol. 2, the Hundred Years' War more books like this by Jonathan Sumption This second volume on the Hundred Years War traces Edward III's increasing domination of France, from the fall of Calais in 1347 up to 1369. The period is dominated by a succession of crises in French affairs of state; crises that brought it to the verge of ruin. The catastrophic defeat at Poitiers - at the hands of England's Black Prince - ... see all copies from $20.23! new only from $20.23! \| first editions
6	Pilgrimage by Jonathan Sumption Jonathan Sumption explores the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christiantiy to the end of the 15th century. Describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostella and Canterbury, he examines both major figures - popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains - and the common folk of their day. ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $15.65! \| first editions
7	Equality more books like this by Sir Keith Joseph, Jonathan Sumption see all copies from $12.51! first editions
8	The Hundred Years War: Volume II, Trial by Fire more books like this by Jonathan Sumption TRIAL BY BATTLE is the second volume of Sumption's history of the Hundred Years War. He focuses on the theme of survival as he records the efforts by local communities and townspeople to survive the treacherous horrors and brutality brought on by this prolonged conflict. see all copies from $33.75! new only from $33.75! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Trial by Fire more books like this by Jonathan Sumption What history records as the Hundred Years War was in fact a succession of destructive conflicts, separated by tense intervals of truce and dishonest and impermanent peace treaties, and one of the central events in the history of England and France. It laid the foundations of France's national consciousness, even while destroying the prosperity and ... see all copies from $17.99! first editions
10	The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle more books like this by Jonathan Sumption TRIAL BY FIRE is the first volume of Sumption's history of the Hundred Years War. He describes the state of Europe in the 13th century and how the dispute over lands in France that were governed by the English king led to the conflict that lasted over 120 years. He shows how the court maintained its chivalric distractions and how the local people ... see all copies from $39.00!
11	Hundred Years War more books like this by Jonathan Sumption This text is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1328, it follows the Hundred Years War up to the surrender of Calais in 1347. ... see all copies from $36.38!
12	The Hundred Years War. Vol.1, Trial by battle more books like this by Jonathan Sumption The first of a two-volume history of the Hundred Years War which began in the 1330s and lasted until the middle of the 15th-century. This volume is based on a study of the published and unpublished sources for the war. It traces the origin of the conflict and the record of Edward III as a leader. see all copies from $15.00! first editions

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